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Jinsook Ohta
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Jinsook Ohta serves on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Appointed by Joseph R. Biden and confirmed Dec 17, 2021 by a 47–24 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Confirmed
- Dec 17, 2021
- Senate vote
- 47–24
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1976
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaJoseph R. Biden · Dec 17, 2021
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1998
- New York University School of LawJ.D., 2001
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2001-2002, 2007-2008; Private practice, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 2002-2003; Private practice, San Diego, California, 2003-2006; Visiting assistant professor of law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2006-2007; Deputy attorney general, State of California, 2011-2020; supervising deputy attorney general, 2019-2020; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2020-2021
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